Draft-rigging.



J J. BYBRS.

DRAFT RIGGING.

. l YPLIUTIN FILED lMAY 23, 1910. L91 l, l 16. Patented Dec. 5,1911.

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JACOB J. BYERS, oF CHICAGO, 'II'.LINoIs,l AssIGNon 'ro THE NATIONALMALLEABLE CASTINGS COMPANY, or CLEVELAND, omo, A CoRroRATIoN or oHIo.

DRAFT-mesme.

Specification of Letters .Patent.

Paten-ted nee. 5, 1911.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it-known that I, Jaco J. Brees, a resident of Chicago, Cook'county,State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inDraft-Riggings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart. of this specication, in which- Figure 1 is a side view partly insection of a draft rigging embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the same; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line III- III of Fig. 2,partly broken away. s

My invention has relation to draft riggings, and more particularly todraft riggings of the type described and claimed in my Patent, No.673,419, of, May 7 1901, in which the draft springs are arranged oneabove the other and are removable from below, the yoke embracing thesprings laterally instead of vertically.

My present invention is designed to provide means of simple andefficient character for connecting the draft rigging to the draft sillsand for providing a pocket to .contain the draft rigging.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

i the numeral 2 designates the draft sills,

which are shown as consisting of spaced channels having their flanges 2aturned out wardly.

3 is the front follower, e the rear follower,

and 5 the yoke which embraces the followers laterally, and which issecured to the vdrawbar 6 by any usual or suitable means,

such as the kry 7.

8 designates the springs, which are arranged between the followers, oneabove the other, with an interposed separator 9.

In accordance with my invention, I rivet -or otherwise rigidly secure tothe draft sills 2 four angle members 10, two of these members extendingacross the top of the draft sills and two of them across the bottom ofsaid sills, and beingI riveted to the outwardly turned anges thereof.The two pairs of angles are separated from each other sufficientlytoform between them the pocket for the followers and springs, the innerfaces of the vertical portions of the angles forming bearings orabutments for the followers above and below the draft sills.

For the purpose of normally preventing the followers and springs fromdropping down between the draft sills and bottom angles, I provide thestrap or yoke 11, which is detachably secured to the draft sills and hasan offset central portion which normally supports the lower ends of thefollowers. This strap or yoke can be readily removed, when desired, toApermit the followers and springs to be removed downwardly between t-hesills and lower angles.4

The construction provides a very simple and cheap means for attachingthe draft rigging to the draft sills and for providing a suitable pocketfor the draft springs and followers.

I claim:

1. In a draft rigging, the combination with draft sills, of anglessecured to the upper and lower edges of said sills connecting the sametransversely, said angles being spaced from each other and forming abut*ments, substantially'as described.

2. In a draft rigging, the combination with draft sills, of memberssecured to the upper and lower edges of said sills and connecting thesame transversely, said members being spaced from each otherlongitudinally on the sills and having vertical `portions whose innerfaces form abutments for the draft rigging followers together with draftrigging followers arranged to bear against said abutments, substantiallyas described.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set

